FYI, if your 3.5 y.o. locks you outta the house

[RACER X]

call your local FD, Richmond FD came out and got us in

Thanks!

:whistle:

[Apoc]

???

You called the FD because you got locked out of your house?

Why didnt you get call a locksmith and save the Emergency Services for EMERGENCIES!

[RACER X]

didn't call 911, and it was a slow sunday night.......they came at their leisure about 10-15 min.

8pm

and yeah, they did this procedure often. some emergancies, most not.

[Apoc]

ok... I thought you called 911 because your kid locked you out.

Still, a locksmith would have been just as quick.

Did they have to break anything to get in?

[RACER X]

called locksmiths, $125, only 1 would come out. and not in 15-20min.

vs free

naw, they had like a jack, wedged it between the door frame, tweaked it just enough to open door, no damage to frame.

came in their big ol shiney new truck. they just opened this firehouse late dec/early jan.

[Curb]

called locksmiths, $125, only 1 would come out. and not in 15-20min.

vs free
you sure it was free? nothing in life is free...especially when dealing with emergency workers

[azoomm]

mmmmmm Kids love firetrucks... make sure you bring a key with you now wherever you go [or leave one outside hidden]. Or, she just learned that locking you out isn't a big deal :dthumb:

[Ducati Diva]

Kids!! Got to love 'em (or else you'd kill 'em):lol:
My son locked us out of our second story bathroom with the tub running when he was 4. We had to go out side get the ladder and break the window to get to him. The whole time he's sitting in the floor laughing:panic: Like I said you gotta love 'em!

[Rsv1000R]

Kids!! Got to love 'em (or else you'd kill 'em):lol:
My son locked us out of our second story bathroom with the tub running when he was 4. We had to go out side get the ladder and break the window to get to him. The whole time he's sitting in the floor laughing:panic: Like I said you gotta love 'em!

Most inside handles that can lock, have a small hole in the center on the non-locking side, If you push the stop down in the hole with something like a coat hanger, you can open the door.

[racedoll]

ok... I thought you called 911 because your kid locked you out.

That is what I thought too!

mmmmmm Kids love firetrucks... make sure you bring a key with you now wherever you go [or leave one outside hidden]. Or, she just learned that locking you out isn't a big deal :dthumb:

Why not leave a key outside? Or with a neighbor you trust?

[Particle Man]

sounds like she's trying to tell you something.....


just sayin'...

[zlicius]

at 1950 i get a phone call on my way home from working 4 days in HELL straight (no one wants to work vday weekend it seems. we were way short staffed, totally surprised no patient fell and got hurt because of lack of caretakers on our floor) saying "uh, do you have a key?"

no. i don't have a key.

i dropped off my car pool buddy and stopped for whataburger since i knew i wouldn't have access to food when i got home, tried to beat on the handle of the door when i got home and gave up and went to the neighbors and told Ed to handle it.

he did :)

the firefighters that showed up were very nice, and i plan on taking some food or something up to their station to thank them very soon, after i get done writing 4 papers for class today.

keep in mind, we live in a very rural part of richmond and it was very quiet...

btw, there will be a hidden key from now on. since we just moved in june, we just hadn't thought about getting a key anywhere yet.

[Cutty72]

i always have a key to my house...

[unknownroad]

You don't have a house key with your car keys? :idk:
When we changed the locks on our house I didn't get any locking knobs, just deadbolts, that way we can't accidentally be locked out by turning the little button. Happened too many times at our old place.
Always got myself back in with a credit card or a screwdriver, though...

[Particle Man]

You don't have a house key with your car keys? :idk:

I don't keep my house keys with my car keys...

[xx CURVE xx]

What kind a freaking loser cant break into their own house :lol:

[Dragonpaco]

called locksmiths, $125, only 1 would come out. and not in 15-20min.

vs free

naw, they had like a jack, wedged it between the door frame, tweaked it just enough to open door, no damage to frame.

came in their big ol shiney new truck. they just opened this firehouse late dec/early jan.

it's free until you get the bill for lockout service. then you'll be bitching on here about why you should have used a locksmith

[RACER X]

What kind a freaking looser cant break into their own house :lol:

break is the operative word. dunno about you but i don't want to break anything on my house.

[Particle Man]

What kind a freaking looser cant break into their own house :lol:

are you calling Ed loose? Ewwwwwwww

[azoomm]

You don't have a house key with your car keys? :idk:
When we changed the locks on our house I didn't get any locking knobs, just deadbolts, that way we can't accidentally be locked out by turning the little button. Happened too many times at our old place.
Always got myself back in with a credit card or a screwdriver, though...

I don't have a house key with my car key.

I have a car key. And a set of *other* keys [office, track, lockers, house, mail, etc.]. I learned the hard way to keep a house key in the garage - we have a locking knob. I locked myself out of the house one night - came home from a ride in the wee hours of the morning opened the garage door and ooops, locked out. It took a bit of work, but I got in - and set off the alarm. :lol:

[rogue]

I locked myself out of the house one night - came home from a ride in the wee hours of the morning opened the garage door and ooops, locked out. It took a bit of work, but I got in - and set off the alarm. :lol:


You would not believe the amount of people who set off their alarms doing just that. :lol: This is the most popular reason for false alarms, especially on Friday and Saturday nights.

The other most common reason is getting up in the middle of the night still half asleep to let their dogs out and they *forget* the alarm is set. Doh! :lol:

[anthonyk]

Crazy people... :) I'm still not clear why you wouldn't have a house key with your car key. Unless something's really wrong, you're always gonna be outside your house while you're driving. Presumably you'll always need to get back in...

[Cutty72]

Crazy people... :) I'm still not clear why you wouldn't have a house key with your car key. Unless something's really wrong, you're always gonna be outside your house while you're driving. Presumably you'll always need to get back in...

cause then you would need to have a house key with every set of vehicle keys.
I would have 4 then...

[azoomm]

Crazy people... :) I'm still not clear why you wouldn't have a house key with your car key. Unless something's really wrong, you're always gonna be outside your house while you're driving. Presumably you'll always need to get back in...

You have a wad of keys on a keychain tugging on your ignition, don't you... :nee:

[RACER X]

yup, we have car key and remote 2x, bike key 1x, and we each have a bundle of keys, we take the car keys we need.


+ we don't lock our garage door, just use the opener.

so all we walk around w/ is usually 1 set of car/bike keys

[Particle Man]

You have a wad of keys on a keychain tugging on your ignition, don't you... :nee:

exactly what I was thinking :lol:

[Angee]

I usually keep a spare set too...I had the opposite prob with my youngest...we had to install a sliding lock at the TOP of the door on the INSIDE to keep him in... :lol:

[Porkchop]

F'n little'ns.....

The more i think about it the more that i dont want them....

[unknownroad]

You have a wad of keys on a keychain tugging on your ignition, don't you... :nee:

1 keyring: 2 car keys (daily drivers), 2 keyless entry remotes, 1 house key, 1 office key

2 keyring: 3 bike keys, Givi bag key, 1 house key, 1 office key

3 keyring: 4 car keys ("toy" cars), 1 house key, 1 office key

4 keyring: 6 keys for bikes that don't run

I'd rather spend a couple bucks making copies of my house key than have another damn keyring to keep track of :idk:

[Sixxxxer]

A key is like a dollar...I have a key on my Bike keys to my house...Thats it its one extra key it doesnt take up that much space.

And I have a key on my car keys...My fiance has a key on her car keys...the locks we bought came with two keys so i had to make 1 extra key.

But still...How many cars do you have?? I to think its crazy ppl dont carry there house key on there car keys

[cbrchick]

I can't imagine calling the FD to let you in your locked house will be "free".

It shouldn't be.

There should be a large fee for calling emergency services for non-emergent cases.

There is here.

Fire departments here wouldn't waist money on gas for something so trivial.

You guys were lucky. :)

[RACER X]

don't know about waste, we pay a whopping $12 (sarcasm) a mos. and have never used any emergency services.

+ they were in no emergancy, they were sitting around the firehouse watching TV, i don't expect them to come if they're figting a fire somewhere. they're 3.7 mi away. + they advertise the service

as for the rest, dunno about ya'll but when i'm around the house i don't carry keys around. we were outside most of the day hanging w/ the neighbors, and at the time i had walked across the street to lend a neighbor a tool. you'd carry your keys across the street? :idk:

cheez i posted this on a local forum and everybody was laughin and callin me a dumbass, here it's all criticism.

[Sixxxxer]

Welcome to the internet..Crticism is part of the Game.

[Tmall]

Why would you leave a 3.5 year old alone in a big scary house? :whistle:


I just posted that because I felt there wasn't enough criticism. Lol

[RACER X]

actually she locked it on the way out following me, so we were both locked out of the house. :panic:

[Archren]

actually she locked it on the way out following me, so we were both locked out of the house. :panic:

Alee did that to me once. She's also locked my mom out of her house before, and she had to go in through the garage. :lol: Occupational hazard with pre-schoolers...

[G-Rex]

Alee did that to me once. She's also locked my mom out of her house before, and she had to go in through the garage. :lol: Occupational hazard with pre-schoolers...

Hell your mom locked us out of the house once! :lol:

Going in through the garage in the middle of the night *before* I straightened it up was an experience.

[askmrjesus]

cheez i posted this on a local forum and everybody was laughin and callin me a dumbass, here it's all criticism.

Fine, you're a dumbass. :lol:

Feel better now?

JC

[CrazyKell]

cheez i posted this on a local forum and everybody was laughin and callin me a dumbass, here it's all criticism.

You're the first person to jump into most threads and put someone down so what did you expect? :idk:

I'm with CBRchick. I wouldn't even think of calling them.

I have my car keys separate but also have a hidden key so it would never really be an issue. My neighbours also have keys. :idk:

[Dragonpaco]

There should be a large fee for calling emergency services for non-emergent cases.


we charge about 700 bucks for helping someone get back into bed so i can imagine a lockout service will be pretty expensive

[z06boy]

dunno about ya'll but when i'm around the house i don't carry keys around. we were outside most of the day hanging w/ the neighbors, and at the time i had walked across the street to lend a neighbor a tool. you'd carry your keys across the street? :idk:


Probably so especially if I had small children running around...or at least have a hidden key. :idk: IF I didn't...I definitely would now after posting this and getting grief. :lol:

[Dragonpaco]

they were in no emergancy, they were sitting around the firehouse watching TV, i don't expect them to come if they're figting a fire somewhere. they're 3.7 mi away..

what do you think we EMS people do when there aren't calls? sit around the radio waiting for jerkoffs to call us for trivial shit?

[anthonyk]

You have a wad of keys on a keychain tugging on your ignition, don't you... :nee:

LOL, I come by it honestly. My dad kept keys for old locks from like 20 years before on his keychain. I swear that thing had 50 keys and weighed a couple of pounds...

But yeah, now that I think about it, I guess my bike key doesn't have any other keys on it. I trust the garage door opener to get me in. Guess I'll have some time to kill if the battery ever dies in the remote. :whistle:

[anthonyk]

we charge about 700 bucks for helping someone get back into bed so i can imagine a lockout service will be pretty expensive

"I've fallen and I can't get up" kind of stuff? The commercials don't lie?

[Dragonpaco]

nope those commercials are almost dead on, except they cant describe the smell of someone who decided to shit themselves while on the floor waiting

[RACER X]

what do you think we EMS people do when there aren't calls? sit around the radio waiting for jerkoffs to call us for trivial shit?

i'm sure there's work to do. but there's down time esp. w/ nothing's happening that day. they rolled a 2 man crew vs ?? (4-5?) for some big ass fire truck at least 4 seat positions,

it's a staffed station vs volunteer.

and like i said we called the reg. line vs 911

lazy sunday afternoon, we're out in the country.

but anyways it wasn't funny till after the fireman left and april was asleep, and way inthe future we can laugh at this day vs you whiners........:pat:

[Dragonpaco]

our downtime is usually the only time we get to eat/sleep/shower/talk to family for 5 mins before the next call comes out. unlike you, they dont get to go home after 8 hours, the normal shift for a fire station is anywhere between 12-36 hours. and of course there were only 2 guys there, if they sent a loaded fire truck to help you open your door then they are retarded. you will be charged for the service they provided. it will be more than a locksmith will charge you and you should pay it with a smile knowing your lock out situation fucked up what little down time they had

[RACER X]

hey look, i used up my 1 free pass

http://www.twowheelfix.com/showthread.php?t=6058

so dragon , does your station offer to open doors. our neighbor told us that was told to them at the boy scouts meeting.

[Dragonpaco]

my fire station will do it for houses, cops do it for cars. we dont give the first call free, nor do the cops or fire department.

[CrazyKell]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. You should not have had children nor should you be allowed to procreate further. :whistle: :rofl:

[Destitute]

Number pad garage door opener.

[Homeslice]

called locksmiths, $125, only 1 would come out. and not in 15-20min.

vs free


Not "free" to us taxpayers......

Typical American, lol

[Homeslice]

+ we don't lock our garage door, just use the opener.

good way to get shit stolen

[Homeslice]

But still...How many cars do you have?? I to think its crazy ppl dont carry there house key on there car keys

this is america, people have 4 cars even though 2 of them only get used like once a month.

[Gas Man]

good way to get shit stolen
This is true especially if you leave your car outside with a garage door opener in it.

[RACER X]

Number pad garage door opener.

we were locked outta the house, not the garage. have 1 of those



Not "free" to us taxpayers......

Typical American, lol
and i don't pay taxes? plus we pay taxes to the county,


This is true especially if you leave your car outside with a garage door opener in it.

our cars come in every night.

[azoomm]

good way to get shit stolen

So, you lock your garage door AND have an opener on it?

Ed, you were locked out of your house through the garage door? Hide a key in the garage....

[RACER X]

So, you lock your garage door AND have an opener on it?

Ed, you were locked out of your house through the garage door? Hide a key in the garage....

M, i think he's saying, lock the house door in the garage. we could, but that door is also wired w/ the alarm system.

if they want in, they're gonna get in.

and yeah, a key is being hid in the garage NOW.

[z06boy]

That's what we have...a keypad outside of the garage with a key hidden in the garage. Now if the power goes out when I forget or lose a key...:lol:

[RACER X]

our garage door opener has a built in back-up battery. :dthumb:

[z06boy]

our garage door opener has a built in back-up battery. :dthumb:

f*ckin' baller...now I've got to get one of these. :lol:

[RACER X]

quiet too, since it's belt driven

comes w/ a small remote, good for taking on the bike

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=248754-38782-248754&lpage=none

[unknownroad]

Not "free" to us taxpayers......

Typical American, lol


Hey, don't lump the rest of us in with him :nono:

As you can see from the responses, most of us make preparations to avoid this kind of problem, so we don't need to beg the .gov for help fixing our messes :pat:

[Homeslice]

and i don't pay taxes? plus we pay taxes to the county,


You pay taxes yes, but why would you want them to go up? If lots of people started using emergency services for non-emergencies, do you agree that one day those taxes would go up?

[RACER X]

You pay taxes yes, but why would you want them to go up? If lots of people started using emergency services for non-emergencies, do you agree that one day those taxes would go up?

HINT: ever been to an emergancy room?

ever hear silly 911 calls?

saw on "speeders" cop had person pulled over, dude (asian :lol:) comes over and ask for help to get his kite outta a tree........

and for the 3rd or 4th time, i called teh reg. line not 911

[Tmall]

http://www.twowheelfix.com/showthread.php?t=5892 :lol:


But, they pay taxes too!

[RACER X]

http://www.twowheelfix.com/showthread.php?t=5892 :lol:


But, they pay taxes too!

but actually if you recieve the $'s you won't be paying $8k of "your" taxes........:idk:

[Homeslice]

HINT: ever been to an emergancy room?

ever hear silly 911 calls?

saw on "speeders" cop had person pulled over, dude (asian :lol:) comes over and ask for help to get his kite outta a tree........

and for the 3rd or 4th time, i called teh reg. line not 911

what difference does it make what "line" you called, the FD still came out and wasted time and money on your ass, regardless if you called 911 or not. :lol:

[RACER X]

hmm what cost more, a 4 man truck w/ 4 guys, haulin w/ their hair on fire, vs. 2 man crew in the same truck, takin a sunday drive........3.7mi

[Dragonpaco]

the 2 guy crew. because the taxes pay to put out fires, not solve your stupidity. wait for the bill, pay the bill and stop defending your random act of douchebaggery

[z06boy]

quiet too, since it's belt driven

comes w/ a small remote, good for taking on the bike

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=248754-38782-248754&lpage=none

Thanks. I have actually considered looking into a belt drive since my garage is actually under my house around back adjacent to our walk out basement.

With the kitchen/den area being above the garage...it is pretty loud with my current chain driven doors.

[RACER X]

the 2 guy crew. because the taxes pay to put out fires, not solve your stupidity. wait for the bill, pay the bill and stop defending your random act of douchebaggery

and here i thought on a slow sunday evening they're just sitting around the campfire. but alas they're fighting fire all day and night.

and here i thought the FD was to help the public and get kittens outta tree's and other random shit..........i guess they're only for fire nowadays.

[Tsunami]

do you have a doggy door? next time push April through and have her unlock you from the inside!

[Dragonpaco]

they are there for fucking fires and emergencies. not because you are too stupid to call a locksmith. i cherish what downtime i have at the squad because at any minute i could be out for an entire shift and if some pompous ass acted like his non emergency was my civic duty and expected it was free. i'd give him a locksmith's number and go right back to the station

[RACER X]

do you have a doggy door? next time push April through and have her unlock you from the inside!

nope

they are there for fucking fires and emergencies. not because you are too stupid to call a locksmith. i cherish what downtime i have at the squad because at any minute i could be out for an entire shift and if some pompous ass acted like his non emergency was my civic duty and expected it was free. i'd give him a locksmith's number and go right back to the station

we did call a locksmith, found out the FD is "free" and more expediant

glad not all firefighters/EMTs are like you. dunno about pompous we were very cordial and appreciative of them coming out.

sounds like you need more stations or people.

how soon should we expect a bill?

and why would they come and advertise the door opening service? vs not telling anyone?

[Rsv1000R]

you'd carry your keys across the street? :idk:.

Always have keys in my pocket.

[RACER X]

Always have keys in my pocket.

wow, like even mowing the yard, workin on the car/bike? walkin to the mailbox

me i never carry keys.

[Dragonpaco]

the same reason the police advertise lockout services for cars. and i'm really glad all civillians aren't like you or my job would be a whole lot worse, it's fine dealing with people who needs us or can;t halp themselves. but helping people too cheap to pay; that would be a dealbreaker for me

i'm not sure how long it will take for you to get a bill. chances are they wrote out a dispatch report and at the end of the month they'll review for QA purposes and then send out a bill. and i'm sure when you receive the bill you'll call and argue and say how your taxes pay their salaries and completely forget that emergency services are one of the most under appreciated services when it comes to township funding.

[Amorok]

wow, like even mowing the yard, workin on the car/bike? walkin to the mailbox

me i never carry keys.

I have my keys on me any time I have pants on, which I put on immediately after my shower. I don't take a shower, I don't go outside. Of course, my doors lock from the outside too.

[Rsv1000R]

wow, like even mowing the yard, workin on the car/bike? walkin to the mailbox

me i never carry keys.

As long as I have my pants on, I have my keys.
And usually that's 2 sets of keys. House/work keys, and vehicle key(s).

That way I don't have to carry key's for all the vehicles around with me.

[RACER X]

the same reason the police advertise lockout services for cars. and i'm really glad all civillians aren't like you or my job would be a whole lot worse, it's fine dealing with people who needs us or can;t halp themselves. but helping people too cheap to pay; that would be a dealbreaker for me
.

so why advertise, i mean most car/home lockouts aren't emergancy's?

could it be that it's a public service?

i would bet 90+% of the population would do the same as i did. call the "free" FD vs paying a locksmith. maybe the FD should say, it'll cost you X $ then people would react diff.

[Dragonpaco]

well tommy can work on bikes, maybe when he has some downtime at the ER he can do an oil change for you, and when rogue isn;t dispatching she could do some cold calls from your work for you. and in most states it's illegal to advertise prices for services done by public servants because it could deter people from calling during an actual emergency

[RACER X]

isn't tommy always starting bored at work threads?

sorry man, but i fail to believe you run 25hrs in a 24hr shift every time you work

i'm sure there are days you run yourself ragged then there are days you don't.

they didn't stop at my house on the way to a fire, i didn't expect them to stop eating dinner to come, they came at their leisure on a slow sunday evening.

thanks for doing what you do, cuz i sure as hell wouldn't do it for the $ you guy's make, maybe tommy's $.

but in the end, your job is a public service job. for better or for worse. and if you're that cynical about the people you help, maybe you need a break or a new career. cuz for the most part you deal w/ dumbasses like me all day long and worse.

[anthonyk]

so why advertise, i mean most car/home lockouts aren't emergancy's?

could it be that it's a public service?

i would bet 90+% of the population would do the same as i did. call the "free" FD vs paying a locksmith. maybe the FD should say, it'll cost you X $ then people would react diff.

Put up a poll.

Personally, I'd never have considered calling the FD. :idk:

[RACER X]

Put up a poll.

Personally, I'd never have considered calling the FD. :idk:

i didn't either till my neigbors told me.

ok

[Homeslice]

they are there for fucking fires and emergencies. not because you are too stupid to call a locksmith. i cherish what downtime i have at the squad because at any minute i could be out for an entire shift and if some pompous ass acted like his non emergency was my civic duty and expected it was free. i'd give him a locksmith's number and go right back to the station


dose of reality delivered :lol:

[Apoc]

wow, like even mowing the yard, workin on the car/bike? walkin to the mailbox

me i never carry keys.

Naked without em. When im on my snowmobile, I have my car keys, when Im in my car, i have snowmobile key, same with the Harley in the summer.

[Tsunami]

i would suppose if the FD didn't want to or have the time to do it, they would have told Ed to call the locksmith

[Dragonpaco]

they arent allowed to refuse a call, no matter how bullshit it may be, on the off chance that someone may be downplaying an actual emergency

[rogue]

they arent allowed to refuse a call, no matter how bullshit it may be, on the off chance that someone may be downplaying an actual emergency

They also can't pull off of a non emergency call until it's complete even for a true emergency call, IIRC. Of course, it may vary by state. I'm just going off of what I read from other first responders...FD, EMS, etc....

I've heard EMS bitch repeatedly about having to finish dealing with a bullshit call before they could respond to a real one...

[Dragonpaco]

it's like that in this state, however we are allowed to improvise on bullshit calls.

i talked to my partner about this and he said he'd tell me to use my special tool (my special tool looks like a brick, is made of the same material, but it's not a brick, it's a tool) and then they'd get a bill from us and the window repair guys

[MissHell]

they are there for fucking fires and emergencies. not because you are too stupid to call a locksmith. i cherish what downtime i have at the squad ...
Not everyone feels that way, my good friend is FD and loves any excuse to get out of the station on a call, even the non-emergency stuff. :idk:

[Dragonpaco]

depends what station you are at. i damn well know the houston FD is busy as hell

[Apoc]

To get this thread back on track....

Ed is a we-todd

[Dragonpaco]

ed has been crowned sofa king, we todd ed